The Super Nova yarn is very nice, and I was really pleased with how the handpainted yarn worked out with the lace pattern. My plan was to choose something that would break up the stripes a bit, and it did. I used a rib pattern for the cuff to give the appearance of the rib flowing into the lace design. I’d only done wedge toes before, and I really liked the star toe much better. Not because I don’t have to graft the toe – I don’t have any trouble with the Kitchener stitch – but the shape of the wedge toe just doesn’t fit my toes as well as this one does.

The recommended needle size for the yarn was US2, but since I knit loosely, I had to use smaller needles. I started with US 1 only because I didn’t have 1.5’s. They worked well for the leg, but I could tell it would be too tight for the foot, so I bought some 1.5’s and switched to them at the heel flap. I think working the entire sock on 1.5’s would have been fine, but the legs aren’t too tight.